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Subject: Re: Minicom alternatives
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Matthew Hunt wrote:
> 
> On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 09:57:59AM -0400, Chris wrote:
> 
> > /usr/ports/comms/minicom
> > You mean 'that' minicom?
> 
> I'm sure he does, but...
> 
> wopr:/usr/ports/comms/minicom$ grep FORBIDDEN Makefile
> FORBIDDEN=      "Local exploit yielding setuid uucp"
> 
> It's there, but it's FORBIDDEN due to a security bug.  If you don't
> care and want to live dangerously, comment out the FORBIDDEN line.
> 
> I haven't needed a modem terminal program in years, but I used to
> use minicom and Seyon.  You might try the latter.  It's an X program,
> though.
> 

Yup. That's what I was talking about. Sorry I misstated the hell out of
it, though. I was in a hurry to do something, and frustration was
setting in. Thanks for the help, though, all of you.

Josh

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